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==Background==
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David Stevens is a Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the [[University of Nottingham]].<ref>Nottingham University [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/School/Staff.php?id=NjA1MjU0&page_var=personal David Stevens Lecturer], accessed 27 May 2009</ref>
  
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==Biographical Information==
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==RICU 'radicalisation' placement==
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===History===
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Stevens undertook a placement at the [[RICU]] from November 2007 to March 2008.  The placement funded jointly by the Home Office and the [[FCO]] was undertaken under the auspices of the [[ESRC]] in a project titled [[Communications Streams and Radicalisation]].  The purpose of the placement was to 'conduct a study of radical weblogs (‘Blogs’) over the period of the placement, as well as to provide more general advice and assistance on RICU business.'<ref>ESRC [http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?data=%2fFrXHTl993o0WND%2fO-CSSErr-npzTt4pAFw4u5WSO4gGYInCfHw6Ouju%2bjsURu3iud3BsBoCJQZxbje27Se23KS1DPUrIbF6R2oceev5zmV2db9RhPfEJRJ5jMqrUcZwvZiR9kZ7GjY88hnq1I5fTlej5feSMc29O8UuVZxh0N%2fvAx6Oa2BQCBc5gSvwT6aRfl8IM%2beUqGH5LSYElaPoE7xVjsICPEiz%2b46CKmn3WeFSlJh0tEKQ4F4ifq3Q33i2ej%2bPpOCH%2b3OkseFA5DFVXb8dyp5TI2i%2foyVZOtWDW%2bGymx9CxDqT4CrStFLkS9epJwOyeN3P6pmAr%2f7SmF8%3d&xu=0&isAwardHolder=&isProfiled=&AwardHolderID=&Sector= Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation] Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009</ref> According to the ESRC: 'the nature of this study is somewhat sensitive. Consequently, the exact aims and outcomes of the project will not be publicised.'<ref>ESRC [http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?data=%2fFrXHTl993o0WND%2fO-CSSErr-npzTt4pAFw4u5WSO4gGYInCfHw6Ouju%2bjsURu3iud3BsBoCJQZxbje27Se23KS1DPUrIbF6R2oceev5zmV2db9RhPfEJRJ5jMqrUcZwvZiR9kZ7GjY88hnq1I5fTlej5feSMc29O8UuVZxh0N%2fvAx6Oa2BQCBc5gSvwT6aRfl8IM%2beUqGH5LSYElaPoE7xVjsICPEiz%2b46CKmn3WeFSlJh0tEKQ4F4ifq3Q33i2ej%2bPpOCH%2b3OkseFA5DFVXb8dyp5TI2i%2foyVZOtWDW%2bGymx9CxDqT4CrStFLkS9epJwOyeN3P6pmAr%2f7SmF8%3d&xu=0&isAwardHolder=&isProfiled=&AwardHolderID=&Sector= Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation] Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009</ref>  This secrecy is unusual in ESRC funded research. The Council notes that 'In general terms, however, identification of a community of bloggers, and a hierarchical structuring in terms of importance forms its core business.'<ref>ESRC [http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?data=%2fFrXHTl993o0WND%2fO-CSSErr-npzTt4pAFw4u5WSO4gGYInCfHw6Ouju%2bjsURu3iud3BsBoCJQZxbje27Se23KS1DPUrIbF6R2oceev5zmV2db9RhPfEJRJ5jMqrUcZwvZiR9kZ7GjY88hnq1I5fTlej5feSMc29O8UuVZxh0N%2fvAx6Oa2BQCBc5gSvwT6aRfl8IM%2beUqGH5LSYElaPoE7xVjsICPEiz%2b46CKmn3WeFSlJh0tEKQ4F4ifq3Q33i2ej%2bPpOCH%2b3OkseFA5DFVXb8dyp5TI2i%2foyVZOtWDW%2bGymx9CxDqT4CrStFLkS9epJwOyeN3P6pmAr%2f7SmF8%3d&xu=0&isAwardHolder=&isProfiled=&AwardHolderID=&Sector= Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation] Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009</ref>
  
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===Current activities===
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Other information about the project includes:
  
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:In addition to this stand-alone project it was also agreed that participation in seminars, presentation of work, commenting on other issues of interest to RICU staff, and fortnightly reporting on issues of interest arising from Blog monitoring would be undertaken, as well as providing any specialist advice on fundamentalist recruitment and beliefs, as and when requested.<ref>ESRC [http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?data=%2fFrXHTl993o0WND%2fO-CSSErr-npzTt4pAFw4u5WSO4gGYInCfHw6Ouju%2bjsURu3iud3BsBoCJQZxbje27Se23KS1DPUrIbF6R2oceev5zmV2db9RhPfEJRJ5jMqrUcZwvZiR9kZ7GjY88hnq1I5fTlej5feSMc29O8UuVZxh0N%2fvAx6Oa2BQCBc5gSvwT6aRfl8IM%2beUqGH5LSYElaPoE7xVjsICPEiz%2b46CKmn3WeFSlJh0tEKQ4F4ifq3Q33i2ej%2bPpOCH%2b3OkseFA5DFVXb8dyp5TI2i%2foyVZOtWDW%2bGymx9CxDqT4CrStFLkS9epJwOyeN3P6pmAr%2f7SmF8%3d&xu=0&isAwardHolder=&isProfiled=&AwardHolderID=&Sector= Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation] Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[Research, Information and Communications Unit]], Undertook an ESRC placement (jointly funded with the [[FCO]]) on 'Communications streams and radicalisation' at the Unit from 01 Nov 2007 - 31 March 2008.<ref>Email to David Miller from Lesley Lilley, ESRC, 16 December 2008, 12.48;ESRC [http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/current_funding_opportunities/pfs_ricu07.aspx?ComponentId=24171&SourcePageId=13306 Opportunities for placement fellowships in the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU)], Accessed 2 February 2009</ref>
 
*[[Research, Information and Communications Unit]], Undertook an ESRC placement (jointly funded with the [[FCO]]) on 'Communications streams and radicalisation' at the Unit from 01 Nov 2007 - 31 March 2008.<ref>Email to David Miller from Lesley Lilley, ESRC, 16 December 2008, 12.48;ESRC [http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/current_funding_opportunities/pfs_ricu07.aspx?ComponentId=24171&SourcePageId=13306 Opportunities for placement fellowships in the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU)], Accessed 2 February 2009</ref>
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==Donations==
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Stevens donated £10,000 on 4 May 2016 to [[Vote Leave]], the campaign that persuaded British voters to withdraw from the EU on 23 June 2016. <ref>Electoral Commission[http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=10&rows=10&query=Vote%20Leave&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&prePoll=false&postPoll=true&optCols=CampaigningName&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Vote Leave Donor Search], accessed 24 June 2016</ref>
  
  
 
==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes==  
 
==Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes==  
 
===Publications===
 
===Publications===
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*Stevens, D. and O’Hara K., (2015) ''The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace''. Oxford, Oxford University Press and Hurst Publishers.
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*Stevens, D. and O’Hara, K., (2015). “Echo Chambers and Online Radicalism: Assessing the Internet’s Complicity in Violent Extremism”. ''Policy and Internet'', Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 401-422.
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*Stevens, D. and Clayton, M., (2015). “Is the Free Market Acceptable to Everyone?” ''Res Publica'', Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 363-382
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*Clayton, M. and Stevens, D., (2013). “When God Commands Disobedience: Political Liberalism and Unreasonable Religions”. ''Res Publica'', Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 65-84.
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*Stevens, D., (2011). “Reasons to be Fearful, One, Two, Three: the ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Agenda”. ''British Journal of Politics and International Relations'', Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 165-188.
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*Stevens, D., (2009). “In Extremis: A Self-defeating Element in the ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Strategy”. ''The Political Quarterly'', Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 517-525.
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*O’Hara, K. and Stevens, D., (2009). “The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web. ''IEEE Intelligent Systems'', Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 37-43.
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David Stevens is a Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham.[1]

RICU 'radicalisation' placement

Stevens undertook a placement at the RICU from November 2007 to March 2008. The placement funded jointly by the Home Office and the FCO was undertaken under the auspices of the ESRC in a project titled Communications Streams and Radicalisation. The purpose of the placement was to 'conduct a study of radical weblogs (‘Blogs’) over the period of the placement, as well as to provide more general advice and assistance on RICU business.'[2] According to the ESRC: 'the nature of this study is somewhat sensitive. Consequently, the exact aims and outcomes of the project will not be publicised.'[3] This secrecy is unusual in ESRC funded research. The Council notes that 'In general terms, however, identification of a community of bloggers, and a hierarchical structuring in terms of importance forms its core business.'[4]

Other information about the project includes:

In addition to this stand-alone project it was also agreed that participation in seminars, presentation of work, commenting on other issues of interest to RICU staff, and fortnightly reporting on issues of interest arising from Blog monitoring would be undertaken, as well as providing any specialist advice on fundamentalist recruitment and beliefs, as and when requested.[5]

Affiliations

Donations

Stevens donated £10,000 on 4 May 2016 to Vote Leave, the campaign that persuaded British voters to withdraw from the EU on 23 June 2016. [7]


Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes

Publications

  • Stevens, D. and O’Hara K., (2015) The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace. Oxford, Oxford University Press and Hurst Publishers.
  • Stevens, D. and O’Hara, K., (2015). “Echo Chambers and Online Radicalism: Assessing the Internet’s Complicity in Violent Extremism”. Policy and Internet, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 401-422.
  • Stevens, D. and Clayton, M., (2015). “Is the Free Market Acceptable to Everyone?” Res Publica, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 363-382
  • Clayton, M. and Stevens, D., (2013). “When God Commands Disobedience: Political Liberalism and Unreasonable Religions”. Res Publica, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 65-84.
  • Stevens, D., (2011). “Reasons to be Fearful, One, Two, Three: the ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Agenda”. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 165-188.
  • Stevens, D., (2009). “In Extremis: A Self-defeating Element in the ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Strategy”. The Political Quarterly, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 517-525.
  • O’Hara, K. and Stevens, D., (2009). “The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web. IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 37-43.

Contact

Address:School of Politics and International Relations
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
UK
Phone: +44 115 951 4529
Email:
Website:

Resources

See main article: Estimating network size and tracking information dissemination amongst Islamic blogs

Notes

  1. ↑ Nottingham University David Stevens Lecturer, accessed 27 May 2009
  2. ↑ ESRC Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009
  3. ↑ ESRC Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009
  4. ↑ ESRC Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009
  5. ↑ ESRC Award/Grant Name: Communications Streams and Radicalisation Award/Grant Holder: Dr David Stevens, Start Date: 11/01/2008, End Date: 31/03/2008, accessed 27 May 2009
  6. ↑ Email to David Miller from Lesley Lilley, ESRC, 16 December 2008, 12.48;ESRC Opportunities for placement fellowships in the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), Accessed 2 February 2009
  7. ↑ Electoral CommissionVote Leave Donor Search, accessed 24 June 2016
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